Guild Wars 2

As the title says I am pretty new to playing and thief is one of the classes I want to try out.
I found this guide here:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/thief/Guide-Book-of-Shadows-The-Thief-Handbook/first

I just wanted to know if the information there is still good (it was last updated in Sept).

Also, what builds would be best for a noob solo pve leveling?

Thanks for any help!

Most of what’s in the Book is still accurate, and you can definitely believe what’s in it. We’ve gotten a few nerfs, especially on main-hand sword in pvp, but nothing you have to worry about for now.

Thief is a really easy profession to level up. First of all, get your hands on a short bow as soon as you can: just by spamming the #5 skill, you’ll run super fast. Take Signet of Shadow as soon as you can in your utilities, for that extra 25% movement speed.

Every weapon set will work, but if I really had to recommend something it would be the following:

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- Sword-pistol/SB. The one I use in open world PvE. The skill #3 on S-P deals massive damage, and evades all incoming damage during the animation. The skill #5 is an AoE that blinds, useful against multiple opponents. The mobility on this weapon is also amazing.

- Dagger-dagger/SB. It’s more of a hybrid build. You can backstab stuff (5→1), and against multiple targets you can just spam 3 and bleed everything to death while you evade all incoming damage.

Excellent, thanks!